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part 12 Now it’s time to identify the vehicle. I know that there are some wonderful guys in the MV field who sell great stencils. I also know what we used in the military. We had two methods. The first method used brass stencils that slid together and had the correct spacing. You can find these...

part 11 Now do exactly the same thing using brown paint, but this time you only need to paint along the black/brown lines. This process sounds a bit complex, but the truth is, I painted the all of the lines on the M820 in under an hour. The photo’s tell the story.

part 10 Wow! The sharp lines between the green and the black are gone! Harbor Freight sells a very cheap ($5) air brush kit with 5 plastic bottles. Use exactly the same mix of paint and thinner and adjust the air brush to shoot a ¾” circle. Using green paint, follow the sharp lines overlapping...

part 9 Now this is what I meant by sharp lines look bad. If you have a $200 paint gun or even if you have basic painting skills, you can avoid this by not using masking tape at all. Just adjust your gun, turn your Orange County Choppers baseball hat around, and do it like they do on TV. If you...

part 8 Remove the masking tape. If you have to break up this sequence by a couple of weeks for any reason, don’t leave the masking tape on. That goes double if you live in a really hot sunny place. Ask me how I know this. No, don’t.

part 7 Okely-dokely, add the 383 brown paint.

part 6 Now I mask it for the brown areas. By the way, all of my paint is Gillespie from Rapco

part 5 These two photo’s show the black paint with the masking tape removed. Oops! Notice how sharp the lines are where the black and green touch. The military does not use sharp lines ever. We’ll fix this problem a bit later.

part 4 Before beginning to mask, let me explain the color scheme. My best memories in the military were when ‘Uncle Ronnie’ was at the helm. We got pay raises, we got training, we got equipment, we kicked ass. The world knew that if you upset Ronald Reagan, he probably wasn’t just going to send...

part 3 A couple of years ago, I was visiting Mark at RAPCO. He was kind of surprised at the amount of green that I bought. I told him that when we painted trucks in the military, we primer the entire truck, then we painted the entire truck green as a base coat. He said that most of his...

part 2 The first thing I did was power wash the truck using a very high power jet very close up. I used a razor blade to cut off major runs and sags from the previous paint jobs. Very little sanding and the small areas of rust were down to bare metal. Phosphoric acid on them. This photo shows...

part1 So today Sarge is going to talk about paint jobs. I’ll talk about the real deal, as done in the military and also the much better paint jobs as done by MV collectors. After blathering on for a bit, I will treat you to many photo’s showing how Sarge does a paint job. Both how and why. I’ll...

Preface: This is Sarge’s first really long post on Steel Soldier’s. Those of you who read my account of Hurricane Katrina know that I tend to talk a lot. If you are not interested, well just enjoy the photo’s. Tis a short story about painting my M820.

Hot hubs I'll tell you what our directions were in the military. Whenever our tactical gear went anywhere, singly or in convoy, we stopped after 10 to 15 miles and both driver and shotgun hopped out, ran down their side of the vehicle, pressing the back of their hand to each drum/hub. Why the...

Bare blasted metal should be coated with Phosphoric acid. Even if there is a very light coat of rust, no problem, spray it with phospho from a spray bottle. Use a mask and rubber gloves. The metal will darken, even to almost black. This will save you trouble and rust years down the road. Then...

Sermis, I'm going to quote you.... "I have no body or painting work experance so I will be asking questions." Okily-dokily, here's a tip. 95% of a paint job is in the preparation work. Don't skimp time or money when you are getting it ready. As long as I'm handing out unsolicited advice, here...

Radio dunce Nice try Maddawg! Truth is, I'll be hanging on to them, trying to find TM's on them, and eventually, using them.

Okay guys, in the field of military radio's, I am a dunce. That bears repeating, I am a dunce. So, recently I bought an M561 Gama Goat with an S250 in the back. The inside of the S250 contained some radio equipment. I have attached a photo, there appears to be two pieces of US equipment and one...

OPCOM, ditto my situation, except I have 4 trailers in the same 'limbo' status. Luckily, we are all in Texas, so I am hoping that you post your follow-up if you manage to get this one sorted out. If I get any of mine legally titled and registered as HMV's, I will be sure to let you know how I...

I got exactly the same letter last week. This was in reference to a trailer I bought several years ago. At that time, the GL rep told me he would forward the SF97 AND a bill of sale to me. Of course, it never happened. I think my reply to this request for an EUC will probably be my own request...